1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an automatic control circuit for a lamp, particularly to one able to adjust light and to restrict power load.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A current-limiting control circuit is one restricted with a certain load power. The commercial current-limiting circuits are mostly based on general IC of the model LM324 or LM358, with its block chart divided into a sampling circuit, a rectifying-filtrating circuit, an amplifying-comparing circuit and an output control circuit. The amplifying-comparing circuit usually gets sampling signals by a manganese-copper line, which are then amplified by an operational amplifier, or uses a transducer to sample signals that are then output by a comparator to control an on/off between a silicon controlled rectifier and a relay, so as to turn off a load to achieve the purpose of restricting power. However, as the magnetic core of the transducer possesses discreteness to make parameters difficulty controlled to be consistent while manufacturing, its productivity is hard to be advanced to result in a high cost. In addition, it is as well to have a high cost by employing the operational amplifier. Therefore, the current commercial current-limiting circuits have not only a high cost of manufacturing and maintenance, but also a low stability and precision.
Furthermore, according to the requirements of Energy Star in USA, the total power consumption for a lamp with plural lights must be less than 190 watts and that for a lamp with a single light can not surpass 50 watts; as for movable lamps, they should be additionally available for a light-adjusting function. But, the commercial lamps are installed with only the light-adjusting function or the current-limiting function. If the lamps are to be exported to USA, the two functions have to be added together, possible to greatly increase cost.
The objective of this invention is to offer a light-adjusting and current-limiting control circuit with a low cost, a small size and a good precision.
The main characteristics of the invention are a sampling circuit formed of a manganese-copper line or a current transformer, a power circuit provided with resistors, capacitors, diodes, a varistor and a zener diode, a signal adjusting circuit composed of diodes, resistors, a varistor, triacs and capacitors, and a control output circuit having a thyristor, diodes, a relay and an LED. The control output circuit can be replaced with a light-adjusting input circuit, a chip processor control circuit, a zero-crossing detection circuit and a two-way silicon controlled rectifier control output circuit.
This invention is better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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Subsequently connected in series from an input port CN3 are a switch SW SPST, the resistors R1 and R2, the diode D2 and the resistor R3; the resistor R3 is connected to the negative pole of the diode D2; the capacitor C1 is connected with the resistor R1 in parallel; the diode D1 is connected between the positive pole of the diode D2 and the ground in parallel, wherein the positive pole of the diode D1 is connected to the ground; the capacitor C3 is connected between the negative pole of the diode D2 and the ground in parallel, wherein the negative pole of the capacitor C3 is connected to the ground; the zener diode Z2 and the capacitors C4 and C5 are connected between the resistor R3 and the ground in parallel, wherein the positive pole of the zener diode Z2 is connected to the negative pole of the capacitor C4.
The input port CN4 is connected to the ground, and the output port OUT1 is connected between the switch SW SPST and the resistor R1. The output port OUT2 is connected to the ground by passing through a control port of the relay and the resistor R24.
Next, orderly connected between the resistor R1, the control port of the relay and the base of the triac Q1 in series are the resistor R4, the diode D4 and the resistors R5 and R6. The emitter of the triac Q1 is connected to the ground. The capacitor C7 is connected between the base of the triac Q1 and the ground in parallel, with the negative pole of the capacitor C7 connected to the ground. Connected between the resistor R5 and R6 is the varistor RT1 that is also connected to the ground in parallel. The negative pole of the diode D4 is connected with the capacitor C6 that has its negative pole connected to the ground in parallel. The collector of the triac Q1 passes through the resistor R7 to connect to the negative pole of the zener diode Z2. The base of the triac Q2 is connected to the collector of the triac Q1. The emitter of the triac Q2 is connected to the negative pole of the zener diode Z2. The collector of the triac Q2 passes through the resistor R8 to connect to the gate of the thyristor TR1. The resistor R9 is connected between the gate of the thyristor TR1 and the ground. The LED is connected between the cathode of the Thyristor TR1 and the ground, employed to indicate if the thyristor TR1 is connected or not. The anode of the thyristor TR1 passes through the relay to connect to the positive pole of the capacitor C3. The diode D5 is connected between two ends of the relay in parallel, with the positive pole of the diode D5 connected to the anode of the thyristor TR1.
The input ports CN3 and CN4 are connected with an input, such as 120V/60 Hz and 220V/50 Hz etc; generally, the input port CN4 is connected with the zero line (denoted as N) of the power line (not shown) and the input port CN3 is connected with the fire line (denoted as L) of the power line (not shown); the output ports OUT1 and OUT2 are respectively connected to a load such as a lamp (not shown).
A first feature of the preferred embodiment, as shown in
A second feature of the preferred embodiment, as shown in
A third feature of the preferred embodiment is that the zener diode Z1 is of 24 volts, with 24 volts at its negative pole to be provided for the control output circuit 3, and the zener diode Z2 is of 5.6 volts, with 5 volts at its negative pole to be provided for signal adjusting circuit 2. A chip processor control circuit 7 needs 5 volts.
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The fifth feature is that two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 has its one electrode connected to the output port OUT2, its another electrode connected to the resistor R24 or one output port of the current transformer T1, and its gate connected to the ground after passing through the resistor R23. The capacitor C9 and the resistor R14 are subsequently connected between the gate of the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 and a pin PA3 of the chip processor U1 in series. The capacitor C12 and the resistor R22 are connected at two electrodes of the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 in parallel after connected each other in series. When the chip processor U1 detects a zero-crossing signal, the conducting time of the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 in each period of sine wave is controlled in accordance to the present light-adjusting input. It is characterized that the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 is to stop output when the sine signal is zero-crossing. Therefore, the chip processor U1 needs to continuously detect zero-crossing signals so as to prompt the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 conducted after every zero-crossing point. So, by adjusting the lag time initiated after zero-crossing point, adjusting light can be effected. In addition, combined with the sampling circuit and the signal adjusting circuit 2, the silicon controlled rectifier control output circuit 5 can also achieve the purpose of restricting power.
A sixth feature of the preferred embodiment is that the base of the triac Q3 passes through the resistor R15 to connect to the output port OUT1. The resistor R16 is connected between the base of the triac Q3 and the ground in parallel. The triac Q3 has its emitter connected to the ground, and its collector passes through the resistor R17 to connect to the negative pole of the zener diode Z2 and passes through the resistor R18 to connect to the zero pin of the chip processor U1 (the 17th pin of the chip processor U1). A bias formed of the triac Q3 step-downed via the resistors R15 and R16 is employed to control the conducting of the triac Q3. With a sine signal inputted to pass through a voltage dividing circuit formed of the resistors R15 and R16, its signal is weak near zero point so as to be insufficient to enable the triac Q3 conducted after passing through the resistors R15 and R16. By the time, the zero pin of the chip processor U1 is high frequency. As the range of the sine signal is slightly widened, the triac Q3 is to be initiated to get conducted, thus altering the zero pin of the chip processor U1 into low frequency. Therefore, via the zero-crossing detection circuit 6, the sine signal can be converted into a square wave signal so as to enable the chip processor U1 to detect zero point of the sine signal.
A seventh feature of the preferred embodiment is that the chip processor U1 has its VDD pin (the 14th one) connected to the negative pole of the zener diode Z2 and passed through the capacitor C8 to connect to the ground, its PD0 pin (the 15th one) passed through the resistor R77 and the switch (option) to connect to the ground, and its RESET pin (the 4th one) passed through the capacitor C66 to connect to the ground and passed through the resistor R34 to connect to the negative pole of the zener diode Z2.
An eighth feature of the preferred embodiment is that the varistor VR2 has its two ends respectively connected to the PC2 pin (the 12th one) and the PC0 pin (the 10th one) of the chip processor U1, and its intermediate pin connected to the PC1 pin (the 11th one) of the chip processor U1. The PC0 pin of the chip processor U1 passes through the capacitor C77 to connect to the ground.
A ninth feature of the preferred embodiment is that the button UP is connected between the PB0 pin (the 6th one) of the chip processor U1 and the ground, and the button DOWN is connected between the PB1 pin (the 7th one) of the chip processor U1 and the ground.
A tenth feature of the preferred embodiment is that the triac Q2 has its collector connected to the PA1 pin (the 18th one), and its base connected to the collector of the triac Q1 through a resistor R12.
So, combined with the silicon controlled rectifier control output circuit 5, the zero-crossing detection circuit 6, the chip processor control circuit 7 and the light-adjusting input circuit 8, the chip processor U1 with its programmable characteristics can control the relay and the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 to adjust light and restrict power. When the single button of light-adjusting is selected, a user can press a button 2s to control light brightness by means of the chip processor U1 to pass through the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4, from the brightest to the darkest and vice versa, and can release the button while obtaining a desired brightness. The chip processor U1 can keep controlling the tungsten lamp to steadily maintain the ongoing brightness output, obtaining a humanistic and energy-efficient lamp. If the double button of light-adjusting is selected, the button UP is used to control the brightness of a load, such as a tungsten lamp (not shown), from the brightest to the darkest, and the button DOWN is employed to control the brightness of a load, such as a tungsten lamp (not shown), from the darkest to the brightest. When the desired brightness is presently adjusted, it can be maintained stably by releasing the button. The alternation of the brightness is stepless. Similarly, a user can also move the sliding switch (not shown) of the varistor to enable the chip processor U1 to control the brightness change of a load such as a tungsten lamp (not shown), with an adjusting scope ranging from 0˜100%.
An eleventh feature of the preferred embodiment, in addition, as shown in
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The advantages of the invention are described below.
Different current flowing to the sampling circuit composed of the manganese-copper line or the current transformer T1 generates different voltage, and the bigger the current, the greater the voltage. With the signal adjusting circuit 2 to control the conduction of the triacs Q1 and Q2, the thyristor TR1 and the relay can be successively controlled to stop a load working, so as to achieve a purpose of restricting power. When the triacs Q1 and Q2 are not connected with each other, the thyristor TR1 is still characteristically working to control the on/off of the relay until the switch SW SPST is turned off or the power line is unplugged. If the current-limiting and the light-adjusting functions are needed, the control output circuit 3 can be replaced with the light-adjusting input circuit 8, the chip processor control circuit 7, the zero-crossing detection circuit 6 and the silicon controlled rectifier control output circuit 5. The sampling circuit and the power circuit 1 are kept the same. The signal adjusting circuit 2 is slightly changed. And, by means of the programmable characteristic of the chip processor U1 to adjust the conducting phase and angle of the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 in controlling the brightness of a load such as a tungsten lamp, the function of adjusting light can therefore be effected. Compared with conventional commercial products, the present invention with the current-limiting function does not contain the operational amplifier and the comparator as shown in
Additionally, with the programmable advantage of the chip processor U1, a load such as a lamp can be controlled to work with a lower power if it is detected working over a restricting power. For example, if the restricting power is 190 watts and a lamp of 300 watts is installed, the chip processor U1 is to detect the overload to control the conducting time of the two-way silicon controlled rectifier BT4 to output with a half power that is checked again if over or not. If it is still over the restricting value, the output power is to be halved until less than 190 watts. Within the controlled scope, light brightness can be still adjusted by the button or the varistor to meet diverse requirements.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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200720050630.5 | Apr 2007 | CN | national |